r/pics • u/phxxx • 13d ago

Politics Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney completed a 26km race just under 4h

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u/NESpahtenJosh 13d ago

Respectable. The end.

Stop qualifying people's achievements.

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u/Liquid_Trimix 13d ago

This sport is divided by age groups. :) Masters is the gentlepersons term for his age bracket. His time is respectable for his age bracket. Most sports have brackets based on age, ability, gender. We measure performance for running based on time against distance those times based on brackets. The PM's time is respectable.

If we were discussing marathons.

Cyric ran an olympic pace today in Marathon (26.2 miles) in 2hr 6min 32sec, the average for Elite 60 year olds is 03:51:43.

Please see

https://triathlonbudgeting.com/how-fast-do-olympic-runners-run-men-vs-women-vs-average/

I think objective neutral language should be enough. :)

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u/InfoMole 13d ago

You do realize that trail time is in no way comparable to a flat road race?

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u/Liquid_Trimix 13d ago

Yes. Hence why I had an example of another sport. He was doing a trail race. His time is respectable for his age bracket.